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Peer reviewedVan de Ven, Andrew H.; Delbecq, Andre L. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1974
A model for explaining structural variations between work units within the complex organization is presented. Based upon an analysis of the impact of task difficulty and task variability on intraorganizational structure, a taxonomy of alternative work-unit structures is derived. The taxonomy suggests that work units within a complex organization…
Descriptors: Classification, Group Structure, Models, Organization
